AMD has had an established commuter benefits program called Go Green. Employees who 1) use alternative transportation (e.g. cycle/walk, carpool, transit, vanpool, and/or telecommute) at least once per week and 2) track in AMD\'s GreenRideTM software are entered into weekly $100 drawings and quarterly $300 drawings. Unlike Go Green in the past, the LEED Preferred Parking Program at the new campus rewards carpools, vanpools and low emissions / fuel efficient vehicles by reserving a total of 10% of parking in preferred areas for these vehicles, using "Go Green" signage. This will help us achieve the LEED-NC SS Credits 4.3 & 4.4. Users of other forms of alternative transportation - transit, cycle and telecommute - are currently not rewarded within the LEED program. There is currently a vacancy of approximately 30% of the total preferred parking spots. This vacancy could be utilized to reward this second group of alternative commuters in a manner consistent with the program for the first group. Proposal: AMD would like to utilize the vacancy in the preferred parking program by extending preferred parking privileges to solo drivers who use alternative transportation on a weekly basis (e.g. carpool, vanpool, cycle, transit and/or telecommute). Every quarter AMD would conduct a random sampling of 5% of transit/cycle/telecommute parking permit holders to verify they are busing/cycling/telecommuting at least once per week, on average over a 1 month period. Those participants not in compliance would lose preferred parking privileges. All compliant participants would also be eligible for the weekly prize drawings mentioned above.
No, the vacant spots in the total preferred parking spaces may not be used as an incentive for promoting other alternative transportation options as the requirements for SSc4.3 and SSc4.4 would no longer be met. However, there is an option for an innovation credit for exemplary performance in alternative transportation, SSc4, by instituting a comprehensive transportation management plan that demonstrates a quantifiable reduction in personal automobile use through the implementation of multiple alternative options. Based on the description of the Go Green program in which employees are entered into weekly drawings based on the use of alternative transportation, the project may be able to demonstrate a quantifiable reduction in personal automobile use. Other elements of a comprehensive transportation management plan might include transit pass subsidies, guaranteed ride home program for those who use alternative transportation and who need to get home in the case of an emergency, or bike maintenance programs. Submittal components may include a company lifetime letter of commitment to the Transportation Management Plan, documentation of the policies and procedures of a comprehensive plan and the calculation of number of employees participating in each part of the plan compared to the total employee base. Applicable Internationally.